FADUMA & MIKE

A widowed Somali-American teacher and a Midwestern plumber fight against their budding relationship.

JUNK DRAWER

MOVIE LOVERS

Movie Lovers, feature screenplay

Everybody loves movies, but can movies make everybody fall in love?

A forty-something art star and twenty-something bartender wind up on an emergency beer run* to Wisconsin for her gallery show in Minneapolis.

*Minnesota doesn’t allow beer & liquor sales after 10pm.

The movie-obsessed duo travel down the highway while comparing her movie-themed paintings to his film reviews. They ponder (and argue) all things cinema and try to feel like they’re not on a really good first date.

ECHO ISLAND

Theresa’s vacation on Echo Island takes a dark turn when she discovers a conspiracy to pollute the pristine island.

She enlists Max, a charming local, to help her expose the scheme. Even as they fight the illegal polluters, Theresa becomes irresistibly drawn to Max. Soon they are bound together by his deepest secret.

Their fight to protect the lake leads them to underwater caves, dangerous paths, and a spontaneous kiss. But will they make it off the island alive?